The Star Side of Bird Hill: A Novel Ages 2 and up Michael Eric Dyson calls it

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The Star Side of Bird Hill: A Novel Ages 2 and up Michael Eric Dyson calls itTwo sisters are suddenly sent from their home in Brooklyn to Barbados to live with their grandmother, in Naomi Jacksons stunning debut novel This lyrical novel of community, betrayal, and love centers on an unforgettable matriarchal family in Barbados. Two sisters, ages ten and sixteen, are exiled from Brooklyn to Bird Hill in Barbados after their mother can no longer care for them. The young Phaedra and her older sister, Dionne, live for the summer